How Long to Read Virginia Waterways and the Underground Railroad

How Long Does it Take to Read Virginia Waterways and the Underground Railroad?

It takes the average reader and 1 minute to read Virginia Waterways and the Underground Railroad by Cassandra L. Newby-Alexander, PhD

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

A part of the Underground Railroad, read here of enslaved people and their stories of using Virginia's waterways to achieve freedom. Enslaved Virginians sought freedom from the time they were first brought to the Jamestown colony in 1619. Acts of self-emancipation were aided by Virginia's waterways, which became part of the network of the Underground Railroad in the years before the Civil War. Watermen willing to help escaped slaves made eighteenth-century Norfolk a haven for freedom seekers. Famous nineteenth-century escapees like Shadrack Minkins and Henry "Box" Brown were aided by the Underground Railroad. Enslaved men like Henry Lewey, known as Bluebeard, aided freedom seekers as conductors, and black and white sympathizers acted as station masters. Historian Cassandra Newby-Alexander narrates the ways that enslaved people used Virginia's waterways to achieve humanity's dream of freedom.

How long is Virginia Waterways and the Underground Railroad?

Virginia Waterways and the Underground Railroad by Cassandra L. Newby-Alexander, PhD is 1 pages long, and a total of 251 words.

This makes it 0% the length of the average book. It also has 0% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Virginia Waterways and the Underground Railroad Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes and 1 minute to read Virginia Waterways and the Underground Railroad aloud.

What Reading Level is Virginia Waterways and the Underground Railroad?

Virginia Waterways and the Underground Railroad is suitable for students ages 4 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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